Well, Crisp was a bit like him at the end of Prust's time with Montreal as well as his year in Vancouver - a roster filler that didn't really contribute anything of consequence. I thought Crisp could have been a bit more useful but the injuries were a killer for him.

I'm not sold on his upside. He had a really good year but he was also older than a lot of the players in NCAA hockey. There's some upside but I think he's more of a third pairing player at his ceiling than a top-four player. He's a complimentary piece, not a potential core one.
The first player is off the board as Connor Clifton has signed an AHL deal with Boston.

Didier signed an AHL deal with Carolina. Nattinen is still Montreal's property for one more year which also coincides with when his deal with JYP ends. He's basically gone though unless he has an amazing year out there.

News...let's see - the Habs will officially lose the rights to Colin Sullivan at midnight. He may have set a new low bar for the complete and utter uselessness of a draft pick.
(To be fair, you didn't say you wanted news of any sort of importance...)

When they signed Hemsky, I imagine they were expecting to re-sign Markov and eat of most of the remaining cap space. Jagr's going to cost more than Hemsky so back in early July, they probably figured they wouldn't be able to afford him whereas now they could if they wanted to sign him.

They're citing an interview where the person being interviewed admitted that he wasn't sure which team Jagr's agent talked with. That's not really anything newsworthy. And boy, that site really believes in click bait headlines, wow...

I didn't catch any of the match yesterday but Shapovalov beating Nadal is certainly one of the biggest upsets in recent memory. That certainly helped get rid of some of the sting of Raonic going out early.

It's certainly an exciting trio to ponder but that's basically having all of your eggs in one basket offensively. I can see the logic behind keeping one of them on a second line and then putting the big three together in late period or late game situations.